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IVI. PWE.

Carriage Brace. NU. 74,130. Patented Feb. 4.1868.

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Letters .Patent No. 74,130, dated February 4, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT 1N CARRIAGE-BELGE.

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TO ALL WHOM LEMAY OONOEEN:

Be known that L-MosEs POWE, of Belvidere, in-t'he county Aof Warren, and State of New Jersey, have iinvented a new andimproved Brace for Carriage-Hoods; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a. fell,v

clear, and exnct description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to makeanduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,- forming part of. this specification.

Figure l is .a side elevation of my improved brace; Figure 2 is AEdeteil front view of. the sume; VSimilfn'- letters of reference indicate corresponding parte.

This invention` relates to the joint of the brace of carriage-tops or hoods, and consists of Y'arigid metallic sheath, lnppingon three sides of the jointfwhen the hood is raised, the said sheath'serving'to protect the joint` from dust or moisture, and at the same time providing a better means of holding the'braceinl the rigid manner` requisite.

In the drawings, A and B are the two parts of the bruce", jointed at D, in the usual manner. `Attached to or formed on the upper part, A, is the sheath E, the upper part of which is ttiixod `itttztci1i11cnt thereto. The lower part of the sheath fits, with smooth contact of its three sides, against the corresponding sides,- of the-part B, as shown, whereby it serves to protect the joint, as before stated, andalso to provide a. {ir-in and exceedingly durable joint, that will not weer loose, as do the joints as heretofore made.

I am aware that a. stop for a. partially similar purposel has 4been prltented by Pardon Boyden, (No. 23,34%)

but such stop aords no protect-ion to the joint, nor does it confer any lateral stiffness to the same, as does my improvement, as above set forth. The invention cited is, moreover, usliable t wear and become' loosens the4 common unaiderl joints. Myimprovement is a-t once simple, cheap, and durable, and presents anV attractive and Ornamental appearance. v l i i 'I cla-im as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The sheath E, covering three sides of' the joint of a brace for vehicle-hoodsor tops, endV attached to one of the braces, all substantially as shown end described, and for the purposes specified. A l A MOSES POWE. Witnesses:

W; M. MACK, JonNV. DEsnoN'G. 

